* chore: Angular 18 support

* Updated uiSref directive to be an standalone directive

* Updated uiSrefActive directive to be a standalone directive

* Updated uiSrefStatus directive to be a standalone directive

* Updated uiView component to be a standalone component

* Imported directives instead of declaring them in UIRouterModule

* Created a root provider function for UIRouter.

* Fixed bug in uiView component not loading the CommonModule.

* Updated downstream sample app for the tests.

* Updated UISrefActive to use hostDirectives to implement the UISrefStatus directive.

* Added provideUiRouter to global exports.

* added a standalone v18 test project.

* Added standalone version for downstream projects.

* Updated package minor version

* Add documentation for provideUIRouter() function.

* Revert "Updated downstream sample app for the tests."

This reverts commit 2955b86.

* updated package version from 14.1.0 to 15.0.0. This change is introducing a potencial breaking change if projects use ui-view component as the bootstrap component.

… components for specific routes. (#995)

* Updated Ng2StateDeclaration and Ng2ViewDeclaration to use generics and added the loadComponent property.

* Updated Lazy load implementeation, replaced deprecated API with newest changes to angular framework.

* Implemented load component functionality in the lazy load section.

* Updated implementation of the UIView component. replaced deprecated API with newest angular API. inputs signals now work for view bound components.

* Updated the lazyLoadBuilder to load components.

* Updated standalone example.

* Fixed bug applying input bindings in uiView component.

* Created a few new test cases for uiView for new features in components inputs.

* Updated documentation for loadComponent functionality

* Added test suite for loadComponent functionality.

* Addition to the test for lazy.child in v19-standalone test project.

* updating test to be clear is not a standalone component.